So I'm a trans man (ftm) and I know I don't like my boobs. Sometimes they make me feel too feminine. I haven't started on hormone therapy yet because I want to have a kid and I know it can cause infertility and cause weird things to happen to my ovaries. So I don't want to deal with that just yet. I want to have a child first. Though I do have a question, when should I start hormones after the child is born? I haven't gotten pregnant but how long should I wait?

Originally Posted by EliasMason

So I'm a trans man (ftm) and I know I don't like my boobs. Sometimes they make me feel too feminine. I haven't started on hormone therapy yet because I want to have a kid and I know it can cause infertility and cause weird things to happen to my ovaries. So I don't want to deal with that just yet. I want to have a child first. Though I do have a question, when should I start hormones after the child is born? I haven't gotten pregnant but how long should I wait?

I don't know hon, but I'd get past the breast feeding stage first in case the baby needs to be fed.

[DaveJ]

Your doctor's the best person to ask about that... If you want to breast feed I'd imagine you'd have to wait until after that. Pregnancy causes a lot of hormone changes and stuff anyway so it may well take a while for things to settle down enough for an endo to know what dose to give you.

[TheSeamster]

My doctor actually discussed egg harvesting and pregnancy when I started T. While it might cause infertility (there's no gaurantee it will), my doctor said if I ever wanted to have kids in the future I'd just have to stop t for awhile and I could carry a pregnancy if I wanted. Everyone is different so it's best to talk to your doctor, but plenty of trans men get pregnant and have kids. It's pretty common. hope this helps